The I.C.C. World Cup cause a
pleasant surprise as the New Zealanders progressed into the Super Six round
(which hosts England
were unable to do) and reached the semi-final.

New Zealand went
one down in the Test series that followed by failing to capitalise on a
100-run lead on first innings. Then the newly-styled ‘Black Caps’ turned the
summer round. Every member of the team contributed well but the accuracy of fast
bowling pair Cairns and Nash, fronting up because Doull and Allott were
injured, had a decisive effect.

The nine-wicket victory at Lord’s
was their first win in thirteen Tests played at the home of cricket and only
their third on English soil after winning in 1983 (at Headingley) and 1986 (Trent
Bridge). Winning again at The Oval, this became the second time New Zealand has beaten England in a
Test series on English soil. The first occasion was in 1986.

Hundreds of English spectators gathered
in front of Kennington Oval pavilion, booing and chanting as Nasser Hussain
collected the losers’ cheque from sponsors Cornhill Insurance.

Gilbert
Enoka’s job was described as organising medical treatment pre-match mental
preparation and acting as a go-between for the players and New Zealand
Cricket.

Selectors

Ross Dykes (chairman of
selectors),Rick Pickard, …Mike
Shrimprton (?)

Selection

A preliminary World Cup
squad of 19 players was announced in February 1999, to be narrowed down to
fifteen names.

World Cup team : Wednesday 31 March 1999.http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/89121/

Unavailable: None.A virus kept Matthew Bell out of the World Cup squad but
he was ok for the Test series.

Test Tour Party Announced : 14 June 1999.

Not selected:Bryan Young

Time
between selection for World Cup squad and departure from New Zealand

32 days

(31
March to 2 May)

Travel

ChristchurchQLondon

All fifteen players in the World Cup squad were
expected to be available for warm-up games in late April.

ϯChristchurch(25 April)

North Island v South Island(45 overs)

ϯB I L Oval, Lincoln(27 April)

New Zealand A v New Zealand B (45 overs)

ϯB I L Oval, Lincoln(30 April)

New Zealand A v New Zealand B (45 overs)

The team flew from Christchurch
on Sunday 2 Mayand arrived in England
on Monday 3 May 1999.

The end of the World Cup matches brought a call-up
for Matthew Bell, Shayne O'Connor, Brooke Walker and Martyn Croy for the full
tour and Test series.

Time
spent in England

114 days

(3
May - 25 August?)

On-tour selection
panel

282561

Reinforcements

IN ▷Penn

◁ OUTDoull

A J
Penn

CD

Andrew
Penn replaced Simon Doull
who returned home early with a troublesome knee injury.

Fixtures/Results

The four tour games were cancelled when New Zealand reached the Super Six
stage of the World Cup.

a

ϯ Southampton
(8 May)

Hampshire(50 overs)

Won 8 w

b

ϯ Kennington Oval

Surrey(50 overs)

Won 108 r

c

ϯ Arundel

Sussex(50 overs)

Won 7 w

d

§ Chelmsford

Bangladesh(ICC World Cup)

Won 6 w

e

§ Cardiff

Australia(World Cup)

Won 5 w

f

§ Southampton

West Indies(World Cup)

Lost 7 w

g

§ Derby

Pakistan(World
Cup)

Lost 62 r

h

§ Edinburgh

Scotland(World
Cup)

Won 6 w

i

§ Headingley

Zimbabwe(World
Cup)

No result

j

§ Edgbaston

South Africa(World
Cup)

Lost 74 r

k

§ Trent
Bridge

India(World
Cup)

Won 5 w

l

§ Old Trafford

Pakistan(World
Cup semi-final)

Lost 9 w

ϯ Chester le Street

Durham(50 overs)

cancelled

Worcester

Worcestershire

cancelled

ϯ Cardiff

Glamorgan (50 overs)

cancelled

Bristol

Gloucestershire

cancelled

m

Oxford

British Universities

Won inns 44 r

n

Taunton

Somerset

Won 6 w

o

EDGBASTON

ENGLANDFirst Test

LOST 7 w

p

ϯ Milton
Keynes

Sri Lanka A(50 overs)

Lost 3 w

q

Southampton

Hampshire

Drawn

r

ϯ Wormsley

John Paul Getty’s XI (1-day)

Won 12 r

s

Canterbury

Kent

Drawn

t

LORD’S

ENGLANDSecond Test

WON 9 w

u

ϯ Derby

Derbyshire (50 overs)

Won 130 r

v

Leicester

Leicestershire

Won 9 w

w

OLD TRAFFORD

ENGLANDThird Test

DRAWN

x

ϯ Southgate

Middlesex (50 overs)

Lost 39 r

y

Chelmsford

Essex

Lost inns 40 r

z

KENNINGTON OVAL

ENGLANDFourth Test

WON 83 r

† not first-class

§one-day internationals

Time spent in England
before First Test:

59 days

(3 May - 1 July 1999)

Test
appearances on tour

4-Astle,Cairns,Fleming,Horne,McMillan,Nash,Parore,Twose,Vettori

3-Bell

2-Allott

1-Doull,Harris,O’Connor.

0-Croy,Penn, Walker.

Match
appearances

TTest match

oone-day international

x other match

∙played for opposition

W wonL lostD drawn

N no
resultA abandoned

u unknown
result

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

G I Allott

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

x

N J Astle

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

T

M D Bell

x

x

x

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

T

C E Bulfin

x

o

C L Cairns

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

x

x

T

T

x

x

T

M G Croy

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

S B Doull

x

x

x

T

x

S P Fleming

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

C Z Harris

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

x

x

x

x

T

x

M N Hart

x

x

o

M J Horne

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

T

x

T

G R Larsen

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

C D McMillan

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

D J Nash

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

x

T

x

x

T

T

T

S B O’Connor

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

T

A C Parore

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

T

x

T

A J Penn

x

x

R G Twose

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

x

x

x

T

x

T

x

x

T

D L Vettori

x

x

x

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

T

x

x

T

B G K Walker

x

x

x

x

x

x

R E S U L T S

W

W

W

W

W

L

L

W

N

L

W

L

W

W

L

L

D

W

D

W

W

W

D

L

L

W

New Zealand’s six previous Test tour results:

in Sri Lanka
1998 (3 Tests)

- lost 1-2

in Australia
1997-98 (3 Tests)

- lost 0-2

in Zimbabwe
1997-98 (2 Tests)

- drew 0-0

in Pakistan
1996-97 (2 Tests)

- drew 1-1

in West Indies 1995-96 (2 Tests)

- lost 0-1

in India
1995-96 (3 Tests)

- lost 0-1

Highlights

•At Old TraffordNathan Astle (101) and Matthew Bell (83)
buried England
in a partnership of 153.

•Craig McMillan added to this with 107* and New Zealand
declared on 496 for 9.

•Shortly after taking a five-wicket haul (5-31)at The Oval, Cairns joined New Zealand's second innings at
39 for six, and struck 80 runs from 94 deliveries. He later took the
final wicket to clinch an 83-run victory.

Tour Summary

P

W

L

D

Aban

Cancelled

Test Matches

4

2

1

1

-

-

Other first-class matches

8

3

1

2

-

2

† Minor matches

9

5

2

0

-

2

§ One-day internationals

9

4

4

1

-

-

All Matches

30

14

8

4

-

4

Return to New Zealand

LondonQChristchurch

The end of the World Cup campaign saw Gavin Larsen, Carl Bulfin
and Matthew Hart return to New
Zealand

The main team arrived back in New
Zealand on Thurdsay 26 August and were met at Christchurch Airport by Walter Hadlee. After only
four weeks at home they would depart again for a tour of India.

Time
away from New Zealand116
days

(2
May to 26 August)

Finances

Written accounts of
the tour

Postscript

England were
cast into last place in the I.C.C. Test rankings.

For New Zealand the tour brought an
end to the three-year terms of Steve Rixon - the first foreigner to coach the
national team - and manager John Graham. New coach David Trist and manager
Jeff Crowe took over.